Art Quotes

There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into sun.

I consider myself a crayon. I may not be your favorite color but one day you’ll need me to complete your picture.

Taking time for your art is taking time for yourself.

I think every young child can learn through any martial art. They would then learn to respect their life, respect their parents, respect their country, and respect the whole world.

I do think that drugs and alcohol have been glorified and exoticized in such a way that it gets into the art world.

The purpose of art is to stop time.

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

The excellence of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeables evaporate, from their being in close relationship with beauty and truth.

Oh darling, grab a bit of courage to turn your scars into art.

Poetry is – it’s an art form, but, to me, it’s also a weapon, it’s also an instrument. It’s the ability to make ideas that have been known, felt and said. And that’s a real, I think, type of duty for the poet.